Christmas cheesecake

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Christmas cheesecake

Description

This wonderful festive cheesecake has Christmas colours and tastes sensational!

Cooking Time

Preparation Time :40 Min

Cook Time : 55 Min

Total Time : 1 Hr 35 Min

Ingredients

Serves :
  • 200g packet digestive biscuits


  • 85g unsalted butter, melted


  • 500g cream cheese


  • 100ml Dairy Farmers Thickened Cream


  • 3 eggs


  • 200g caster sugar


  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla bean paste*


  • 300g Dairy Farmers Sour Cream


  • 150g Dairy Farmers Traditional Natural Yogurt


  • 300g frozen cranberries


  • 2 tablespoons port


  • 1 teaspoon arrowroot


  • 8 small rosemary sprigs dusted with icing sugar, to garnish

Directions

  • Preheat oven to 180°C.
  • Process biscuits to fine crumbs in a food processor. Add butter and whiz to combine. Press evenly into the base of a 20cm springform cake pan and chill while you make the filling.
  • Place cheese, thickened cream, eggs, 100g caster sugar and 1 teaspoon of vanilla bean paste in the (cleaned) food processor, and process until smooth. Spread filling over biscuit base.
  • Bake for 30 minutes or until filling has set. Remove cake from oven and set aside to cool for 15 minutes.
  • Meanwhile, combine sour cream, yoghurt, another 50g caster sugar and remaining vanilla paste. Spread over cake, then return to oven for a further 10 minutes. Set aside to cool, then refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight.
  • Place remaining 50g sugar, cranberries and port in a saucepan over low heat. Cover and cook for 5 minutes. Remove lid and stir.Continue to cook until the cranberries give off their juice. Stir arrowroot into a dash of the juice, then add to pan with berry mixture and continue to cook until the mixture thickens. Remove from the heat and cool.
  • To serve, top cake with cranberry sauce and garnish with the dusted rosemary sprigs.

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